title: An application of the LC-LSTM framework to the self-esteem instability case.
abstract: The present research evaluates the stability of self-esteem as assessed by a daily version of the Rosenberg (Society and the adolescent self-image, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1965) general self-esteem scale (RGSE). The scale was administered to 391 undergraduates for five consecutive days. The longitudinal data were analyzed using the integrated LC-LSTM framework that allowed us to evaluate: (1) the measurement invariance of the RGSE, (2) its stability and change across the 5-day assessment period, (3) the amount of variance attributable to stable and transitory latent factors, and (4) the criterion-related validity of these factors. Results provided evidence for measurement invariance, mean-level stability, and rank-order stability of daily self-esteem. Latent state-trait analyses revealed that variances in scores of the RGSE can be decomposed into six components: stable self-esteem (40 %), ephemeral (or temporal-state) variance (36 %), stable negative method variance (9 %), stable positive method variance (4 %), specific variance (1 %) and random error variance (10 %). Moreover, latent factors associated with daily self-esteem were associated with measures of depression, implicit self-esteem, and grade point average.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, "Sapienza", University of Rome, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185, Rome, Italy, guido.alessandri@uniroma1.it.
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alessandri
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vecchione
authors.forename: Brent M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Donnellan
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tisak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult